SPYING FROM THE SKY.

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    • Subject Terms:
      MEDMENHAM (England); ENGLAND; UNITED Kingdom
    • Subject Terms:
      GREAT Britain. Royal Air Force -- History
    • Subject Terms:
      COTTON, Sidney
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the British Royal Air Force's (RAF) Central Interpretation Unit (CIU), later called the Allied Central Interpretation Unit, which was responsible for interpreting aerial photographs during World War II. It notes that operations were centered at a base referred to as RAF Medmenham in a house in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, England. The author comments on advice that the CIU received from Sidney Cotton, an Australian expert in aerial photography. Other topics include the CIU's discovery of the German V-1 flying bomb, collaboration with Americans, and opportunities for British Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) officers in the unit.